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Not to be pedantic, but I know enough people who've claimed money has "nothing to do with happiness" literally that I have to counter it.

If you lack the money to keep you, or even more your children nourished or protected from the elements, you will discover there are many reasons for unhappiness that money can aid with. Money in no way grants or guarantees happiness, but there are a lot of things that make you miserable and sad that money can overcome, hungry and homeless children being the most obvious.

Agreed. There have been numerous studies that show that happiness DOES increase with wealth.... up to a point.

Basically, struggling to buy food, pay rent, etc can make life miserable, but once you've got that covered more money won't necessarily make you happier.

In conclusion, money can't buy happiness but it can buy beer/mountain bikes/snowboards/holidays.

...says a fucking rich guy.

Exactly, and the title doesn't really do justice to what he's saying.
The question he's exploring is, once you have your financial needs met, why go any further?

In my free time I do usually opt to be entertained. But this guy chooses to be challenged even when there's no pressing need to be. I can see why that's more satisfying in the end.